Introduction to the News

 

An introduction to news task.

I chose to watch BBCs Live News from this morning (07/05/21), I Chose this channel because it is one of the biggest news reports in the UK. At the very start there is an intro sequence with the BBCs classic intro music in the background. The stories that were shown were the Hartlepool election, foreign travel in Covid-19, Football results from Europa League, and a brief talk on expected weather. Each topic was briefly talked about in a form of introduction to be taken into further detail later. Afterwards, they went into a lot of detail on the Hartlepool election and it became the main structure of the report with a live feed of the election polling center, multiple interviews and different angles of counting votes, transportation of votes and the local areas support. I think they done this to allow themselves to build on the listed stories later in the show, giving them a solid starting point.

In this News video I watched, the topic of the Hartlepool election was a lead in topic and the main structure of the report. The story focuses on the general public Hartlepool and those taking part in the election. The people in the report are not really described as it’s a political topic, therefore it wouldn’t be appropriate to take the concentration away from the election and voting. I felt that the people in this video were rather passionate about the politics in the local area, mainly regarding the  Conservatives and Labour party, I did feel that the story was focused more on the downfall of the loosing party, being Labour; rather than the praise of the Conservative party. The report mainly consisted of a Live feed and interviews from various individuals, whilst also having a narrative aspect.

The presenters in the report were John Kay (aged 51 years) & Naga Munchetty (aged 46 years). The news readers address the audience in a very formal manner, this is because of the fact that the story they are talking about is a serious political event. The news readers also play the role of the narrator in this report, as they go from interview to live feed the reporters remain on standby to give guidance throughout the video.

-      News ordering is when you make the layout of the report usually in chronological order.

-      The story likely to be shown first is the one that will be the main structure and engage the audience the most

-      The ability to act quickly in news is important because news is unpredictable, so the reporters have to be able to deal with foreign subjects.

-      A slow news day is when the media organization publishes trivial stories because of the lack interesting topics.

-      The final story is often called the close off

-      News values are criteria that influence the selection of the topics and events described in the report for the well being of the general public.